(all chapters ) Exam Questions
with Complete Answers
Fire danger pocket cards - Correct Answer: Outline potential fire dangers in a given area on historical fire
and weather data
Incident Response Pocket Guide - Correct Answer: A pocket sized book that outlines standards and
reference information for wildland fire incident response
National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) - Correct Answer: Compares current and historic data
related to weather, live and dead fuel moisture, and fuel types to rate the level of potential fire danger
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - Correct Answer: The association that develops and
maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus standards on many areas of fire safety and specific
standards on hazardous materials.
National Wildfire Coordinating Group - Correct Answer: An organization made up of several wildfire
management agencies that was designed to coordinate programs of the participating agencies to
standardize training and policies, avoid duplicative efforts, and provide a means of constructively
working together to establish efficient wildland fire response efforts
Position Task Book (PTB) - Correct Answer: A document that lists the performance requirements for a
position in a format that allows for performance evaluations to determine whether an individual is
qualified
Skills crosswalks - Correct Answer: Specific PTB's used in instances where structural firefighters want to
transition to a wildland firefighter role to fill in training gaps to reduce the number of training hours
needed to obtain qualification
Red card - Correct Answer: A document that certifies that an individual is qualified to perform the tasks
of a specific position on a wildland fire; officially called the Incident Qualification Card
, social media - Correct Answer: Online websites on which people can publicly share personal
information, pictures, news, and interests
Wildland firefighter 2 - Correct Answer: The person at the second level of progression who has
demonstrated the depth of knowledge and skills necessary to function as a member of a wildland fire
suppression crew under general supervision
Wildland Firefighter - Correct Answer: The person at the first level of progression who has demonstrated
the knowledge and skills necessary to function as a member of a wildland fire suppression crew under
direct supervision
Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide - Correct Answer: A document that contains critical and
useful information that is relevant to firefighters at all levels of responsibility
wildland-urban interface - Correct Answer: Area where undeveloped land with vegetative fuels mixes
with manmade made structures
Air operations branch - Correct Answer: Ground based branch assignment for management of air assets
used for the incident
Branches - Correct Answer: Organizational level having functional or geographic responsibility for major
aspects of incident operations; can only be used in operations section or the logistics section
Burning Period - Correct Answer: That part of each 24 hour period when fires will spread most rapidly.
Typically, from 10:00 am to sundown
chain of command - Correct Answer: A series of organizational positions in order of authority, through
which decisions are made
Command - Correct Answer: Has decision making responsibility and overall responsibility for
management of the incident